Government Advocacy

About One Voice

One Voice, under the leadership of the EDC, is a pro-community campaign that has brought together leaders from the City of Bloomington, the Town of Normal, McLean County, labor, local educational institutions and local private businesses. These groups have formed the One Voice Task Force. The goal of the campaign is to make McLean County a stronger economic force and a better place to live.

One Voice Theme: Transportation

In the past, the One Voice Task Force chose local projects to support in their quests for federal funding. However, this year is different. In light of the recent earmark ban, Bloomington-Normal/McLean County delegates will travel to Washington, D.C. to meet our congressional delegation and show them our community stands united in support of local transportation projects, initiatives and infrastructure improvements that require funding in our community.

The transportation agenda was developed fron the recent TransSummit that was held on October 21, 2011. The day long summit included a diverse group of community leaders, elected officials and transportation experts.  The white paper is in the process of being developed and will be ready for distribution by the start of 2012.

Annual Washington, D.C. Fly-In

We are now accepting 2012 trip registration forms. The trip will take place Tuesday, March 6-Thursday, March 8th. Please click here for more information.